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Early in the New York Giants’ regular-season opener at New Meadowlands Stadium, the boo birds re-emerged after a winter of discontent to voice their displeasure with poor special teams performance by the Men in Blue. The next night, the same chorus could be heard over the Jets’ struggling offense. ...

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Sports architect Rossetti has made its
mark in recent years designing Major League Soccer stadiums. As that segment of
sports facility development continues to move forward in the recession, there’s
no reason for Andrew Leeson to panic and start chasing projects outside the
firm’s comfo ...

The Cincinnati Reds, as part of a $9 million deal with Sony and Daktronics to upgrade video displays at Great American Ball Park, are debuting an in-house network, StadiumView, that allows suite patrons to choose the camera angles they see on their TVs.
Wall-mounted Sony computers running ...

The University of Kentucky
has given developers more time to submit bids on a package of privately
financed athletic facilities projects that would include a new basketball
arena.
The school issued a
request for proposals in late January to gauge interest among developer-led teams
...

The University of Wisconsin is moving ahead with
developing a $25 million hockey arena/practice facility next to Kohl Center and banking on 100 percent private financing to do it.
The credit crisis has eliminated traditional methods of
underwriting sports projects, including those at co ...

The Dallas Cowboys and ESPN officials met in Arlington, Texas, in late February to tour the team’s new stadium and discuss the possibility of broadcasting the first regular-season game there on “Monday Night Football.”
ESPN would be in charge of requesting the ...

With an eye on providing more value to maintain and spur ticket sales, several Major League Baseball teams are rolling back food and beverage prices this season.
The San Diego Padres, deeply dialing back prices beyond the traditional Dollar Dog Night and Kids Meal promotions, grabbed every ...

With an eye on providing more value to maintain and spur ticket sales, several Major League Baseball teams are rolling back food and beverage prices this season.
The San Diego Padres, deeply dialing back prices beyond the traditional Dollar Dog Night and Kids Meal promotions, grabbed every ...

The
Cincinnati Reds have revamped a portion of their club seat program at Great
American Ball Park , developing an all-inclusive ticket package for 1,650
seats.
The project also
includes $2.5 million in physical improvements, paid for by concessionaire Delaware
North Sportservi ...

The wisecracks came shortly after Centerplate announced that former International House of Pancakes President Desmond
Hague had replaced Janet Steinmayer as its CEO, two weeks after the
sports concessionaire completed its sale late last month to private equity firm Kohlberg & Co. ...

AEG’s Tim Leiweke doesn’t
buy into others’ enthusiasm that the planned merger of Ticketmaster and Live
Nation is a boon for sports teams struggling to sell tickets during a
recession.
“I’ve read the comments
about why this merger is good for the industry,” said Leiweke, whose company ...